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Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October)

Date Posted: Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Category: Mental Health - Maine

Domestic Violence Awareness Month is October 1-31 annually.

If you or someone you know needs help, they can reach in to the services listed below. Visit these sites by copying and pasting the provided links into a computer search engine.

VA Intimate Partner Violence information and services:

https://news.va.gov/124744/intimate-partner-violence-assistance-program-2/

https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/topics/intimate-partner-violence.asp

The National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/get-help/


Within the military, domestic violence officially became a separate crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice when Past-President Donald Trump signed the annual defense authorization act into law in 2018. Visit this link for more legislative information:

https://www.womenvetsusa.org/history/observances-info.php?Domestic-Violence-Awareness-Month-67

Read the full article at: Department of Veterans Affairs